The American Red Cross received $100,000 from the Chlorine Chemistry Council to launch the Water Relief Network on 6/21/96. The network provides the American Red Cross access to a variety of products that can be used in global disaster relief efforts. (http://c3.org/about_ccc/partnerships.html 6/5/01)

According to the New York Times, this organiza-tion has a policy against endorsing commercial products, but for two years it endorsed Laerdahl Medical Corporations (a Norwegian company) CPR mannequins. (New York Times, 1/26/97)